WeChat announced Wednesday its new fitness channel called WeRun, which is a step counter app. WeChat is China's most popular messaging app that has more than 600 million users. The WeRun is not the first time WeChat moved into fitness. Tencent, WeChat's parent company, launched the WeChat Sports in February.
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Get help from a trusted executor during estate planning
To make sure that your estate doesn't get a hitch, it is best to hire the right representative, also called an executor. Basically, an executor should protect the property of a diseased person until all the taxes and debts are paid. The executor should also make sure that whatever is left is passed on to the rightful heirs. The executor does not necessarily have to be a financial or legal expert.
Reviving the Ranger will get Ford back to action
History does repeat itself. Ford will definitely bring back the Ranger to the U.S. and rebuild it later this decade. Ford Motors is planning to return to the midsize pickup truck market with a new-generation revival of its Ranger nameplate.
College pricing and student loan systems shackles students from achieving their life dreams
Education is supposed to give you a brighter future, but most graduates are trapped under piles of debts from the student loan system and the increasing college prices. This affects their credit scores and their major life decisions, snatching their dreams away.
PayPal expands One Touch Program to 13 New Markets in Europe, Australia for a more convenient check-out
PayPal proves to be one of the leading players in the fast-growing payments industry as it sets to expand its One Touch program to 13 new markets in Europe and Australia, making check-out more convenient for online shoppers and merchants.
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Amazon announced Wednesday that it will offer its Prime Instant Video service in Japan next month, going toe-to-toe with rival Netflix in the video streaming industry.
ChartMogul, an analytics platform, is in the process of strengthening its product development, for which the Berlin-based company has raised new seed funding from Point Nine Capital. The just completed seed funding round is estimated to be $900,000 and the analytics platform provider will invest in speeding up the product development.
Exactly 20 years ago, on August 24, 1995, Microsoft launched Windows 95, and ultimately changed the way people interact with their computers.
Facebook is a wonderful avenue to raise awareness for certain advocacies. Now, it launched its donate button to make giving to nonprofits' pages easier and more effective.
The US consumer confidence has risen to 10.5 points in August, hitting its highest level in 7 months while the Conference Board's consumer index reached 101.5 this month.
Starkist Tuna settled a class action lawsuit for under filling its five-ounce tuna by few tenths of an ounce, and is now required to pay back consumers with cash or tuna.
Durable goods orders were up two percent in July on month-on-month (m-o-M) basis giving wider scope for the US gross domestic production (GDP) to reach over 2.8 percent in the third quarter this year as latest research reports forecast.
The US services sector's growth slowed down in early August but surpassed the forecast. According to the financial firm Markit Economics, the flash US Services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) recorded 55.2 points in August from 55.7 points in July.
As panic ensued when the Dow crashed to 1,000 points Monday right after the opening bell, some investors complained on Twitter that they weren't able to log into their online stock accounts.
